“Though, it is extremely shocking that the parties which were against each other are getting together. We had been in a good relation with the BJP before forming an alliance with the party and still Nitish Kumar had passed negative comments on our alliance,” he added. Earlier today, the chief of the Bihar unit of the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) party, Vashisht Narayan Singh said that his party is inching closer to the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), but added that the timing of meeting RJD chief Lalu Yadav is yet to be decided.

On Monday, JD (U) leader Nitish Kumar, had reportedly said that his party would fight the forthcoming by-elections for 10 Bihar assembly seats will be held on August 21, in alliance with the RJD and Congress, to defeat the BJP. The JD (U) initiative to authorise state president Basistha Narayan Singh to initiate talks with parties opposed to the BJP has got a warm response from the RJD and Congress. It may noted that the likelihood of an alliance between the two parties gained currency ever since the former supported the Jitan Ram Manjhi government on the floor of House on May 20 last.